Financial tips for the COVID-19 pandemic

If you are struggling with finances during the pandemic, these tips may be helpful.

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines will reportedly offer voluntary separations and early retirements to reduce its workforce as the company grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and its significant impacts on the airline industry.

Lockdowns and limits on travel across the world over the past few months have decimated demand for airline travel. More than 41,000 of Delta’s 90,000 employees have already taken voluntary unpaid leaves of absence, the company said.

“We hope that most of the headcount changes that we’re going to need are going to be achieved through these voluntary programs,” Jacobson said, according to the newspaper.

In a bid to help customers feel safe as they fly more routinely again, Delta will cap ticket sales at 60% of seats on a plane in order to create more space between passengers. Delta is also among several U.S. airlines with new policies requiring face coverings for passengers.